Software developer with 20 years of experience in the design and implementation of a variety of applications in academic, corporate, and nonprofit settings. Especially skilled at determining requirements and designing practical solutions for the organization and provision of information. A talent for listening to understand, creative problem solving, analyzing, and simplifying.

EXPERIENCE

• Developed the following software for the SWANserver product line, Linux-based systems for monitoring the condition of industrial equipment.
  (Debian and Red Hat 9)
  • An application for distributing (replicating) data between SWANservers via various network protocols or recordable media.
    (Perl, MySQL)
  • An application for automating software updates and configuration management via various network protocols or recordable media.
    (Perl, MySQL, Bash, GnuPG)
  • A subsystem for SWANserver self-monitoring and notification.
    (Perl, logwatch, PHP, Bash)
  • Web-based system management.
    (PHP, Javascript, Bash, Perl, MySQL, Apache)
  • Automation of installation.
    (Bash, Red Hat 9)
• Contributed to or maintained the following SWANserver software.
  • Web-based configuration.
    (PHP, Javascript, MySQL, Apache)
  • Processes and daemon for collection of monitoring and operational data.
    (C, MySQL, Modbus)
  • Web-based data analysis.
    (PHP, Javascript, MySQL, Apache)
• Instituted and championed software development tools and best practices for version control, bug tracking, testing, and project management.
  (Subversion, Trac, VMware)
• Recruited and mentored junior developers.
• Supported product deployment and maintenance. Administered remote and local SWANservers.

• Developed WebMC2, a synthesis of Internet software technologies that simplifies the provision and management of web-based content and collaboration for instructors at Central and Eastern European law schools, US K-12 schools, and FSU.
  (Moodle, DAV, Perl, MySQL, PHP, phpBB, Apache, C, LDAP, Linux)
• Developed a web-based application that allows Florida Supervised Visitation Programs to maintain case, client, and service data and roll up reports to the centralized Clearinghouse On Supervised Visitation (FSU) and the Florida Department of Children and Families.
  (mod_perl [Apache::Registry], Class::DBI, Template Toolkit, CGI::FormBuilder, PostgreSQL, JavaScript)
• Developed a web-based time diary, survey, and administrative system for the FSU School of Social Work and Florida Department of Children and Families to collect and analyze detailed information about the duration and variety of Child Protective Investigators' work activities.
  (Perl, MySQL, JavaScript)
• Developed eSUSSAI, a web-based application for students to assess the quality of distance learning instruction at FSU, yielding a steady increase in the rate of student response (from 14% in 2001 to 48% in 2005).
  (Perl, MySQL, Oracle, ODBC, LDAP)
• Developed a web-based application for administering web surveys to participants of distance learning, academic advising, and service learning, reducing administrative costs and minimizing errors.
  (Perl, MySQL, LDAP)
• Researched and implemented a web-based solution that enables secure yet user-friendly management of instructors' web content.
  (DAV, Apache, LDAP)

Analyzed requirements, estimated costs, and developed relational databases, web-database gateways, search engines, electronic commerce, and other web-based software for over 15 clients including AAA Mid-Atlantic, BellSouth, and Soundelux.
(Perl, MySQL, Unix, PHP, JavaScript, Class::DBI, Template Toolkit, CGI::FormBuilder)

• Developed Web-Mediated CourseAssistant (WebMC), a web-course template infrastructure for the Office for Distributed and Distance Learning at FSU.
• Implemented and deployed official web sites for the Florida Legislature and Public Service Commission, equipped with unique automated network updating and full-text search.
  (Perl, glimpse)
• Assessed performance of relational database management systems on various architectures and operating systems and delivered written report and web-database seminar to the Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security, Division of Workers' Compensation.
  (Oracle, Unix, MS SQL Server, Windows NT, ODBC)
• Developed relational databases, web-database gateways, search engines and other software for other organizations.
  (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Perl, C, SQL, Unix)
• Assisted in the development and support of the Distributed Queuing System (DQS), freely available job scheduling software for clusters of networked computers.
  (C, Java, CVS, Unix, DCE)
• Programmed GUI software for DQS job accounting.
  (X Window, C, Unix)
• Recruited and supervised full- and part-time employees. Decided equipment purchases.
• Participated in the development and support of WANE, an early turnkey ISP, web, and email system used by governmental and educational agencies and local communities of users.
  (C, Perl, Linux)

Full responsibility for lecture preparation and presentation of the following courses: Programming II (Algorithms and Data Structures), Advanced C Programming (NSF Young Scholars Program), and Pascal for Non-Majors. Also assessed students of the aforementioned courses and the course Artificial Neural Networks.

Coded six software projects for hardware control, data analysis, and reporting in support of faculty research.
(BASIC, Pascal, MS-DOS)

• Developed software to extract and analyze Defense Mapping Agency data from tape archives.
  (C, Unix)
• Wrote software to detect and report PC system failures.
  (C, MS-DOS)
• Created software for image recognition using Bayesian (belief) network.
  (LISP, Symbolics LISP machine)
• Ported GNU make utility.
  (C, VMS)
• Obtained national defense security clearance.
• Surveyed relational database software packages and recommended purchase for department administration.

Developed program to interpret and produce plots of chemical system equilibrium data.
(FORTRAN, MS-DOS)

Coded commercial real estate software for interactive adjustment, viewing, and printing of loan amortizations.
(Pascal, MS-DOS)

EDUCATION